January

Blog Posts in January, 2016

By Casey Marticorena Child support is among the court’s highest priorities and it is the public policy of the state of California that each parent will support their children. Back child support does not go away and can exponentially grow due to the interest tacked on to past due payments. The payee of support may be subject to dire consequences for failure to pay. Here are some of those negative ...

By Alexandra Smyser Lotto fever hit America last week with a Powerball jackpot of $1.5 billion up for grabs. Chances are you didn’t win the jackpot (I didn’t!), but it sure is fun to think about what you would do with $1.5 billion dollars. What people don’t often think about is how coming into a large sum of money, whether from the lottery, an inheritance or a legal settlement, impacts your estate ...

By Don Schweitzer What's mine is mine and what’s yours is mine is a common misconception spouses have when going through a divorce and dividing property. In reviewing a recently published decision, entitled in re Marriage of Bonvino, we are reminded that the law provides for the preservation of spouse's separate property rights, so long as certain facts can be proven by the spouse who has the ...